Over these past months, you haven’t just been growing a belly, you’ve begun to grow a head of gloriously shiny, healthy hair thanks to the combination of potent prenatal vitamins and your raging hormones, but has anyone mentioned to you that this beauty phenomenon is short-lived?

For the time being, continue marveling over your current movie star hair because there’s nothing you can do right now to prevent the impending hair loss. However, you can prepare for a post-delivery “treatment” by following this advice on how to heal your straggling strands once they begin falling, and how to hide thin spots so you can appear confidently in public.

Switch to a shampoo and conditioner that adds body to fine, thinning hair. (Do not use Rogaine or other hair growth treatments without consulting your doctor first, as they may be harmful to your breastfed baby.)

Snip split ends often.

Lay low on styling products—they can be damaging to weak, brittle hair.

Hide

Use loose-fitting, cloth headbands (avoid stretchy bands that can pull on your strands and exacerbate the problem!) to cover peach fuzz as your hair begins to grow.

Cut it off! Choose a style that compliments your face shape and get to chopping! Famed hairstylist Angus Mitchell says that women with oval faces can wear any short style; women with round faces should keep their locks a tad longer and slimmer; those with square faces, should select styles that allow the hair to fall forward around the face, like an asymmetrical bob.